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Jun 14, 2020 09:17:28 #
Howard
Loc: Northern Va
seeing a lot of fish on fishfinder. but can't get them to bite. tried different bait plus chumming. still wouldn't bite. help!
Jun 14, 2020 09:30:04 #
Howard wrote:
seeing a lot of fish on fishfinder. but can't get them to bite. tried different bait plus chumming. still wouldn't bite. help!
Welcome to the mystery of fishing. 1.Try fishing just above them as that seems to provoke a bite.
2.Try to figure out what type of baitfish they may be feeding on and “match the hatch” as it were.
3.Move to another spot as those fish may just be “resting” in that part of the water column.
Jun 14, 2020 09:50:50 #
And when you think you have it figured out. Tomorrow will be different.
Jun 14, 2020 10:29:33 #
plumbob wrote:
And when you think you have it figured out. Tomorrow will be different.
Truer words have never been written!
Jun 14, 2020 13:28:18 #
Howard wrote:
seeing a lot of fish on fishfinder. but can't get them to bite. tried different bait plus chumming. still wouldn't bite. help!
fish finders sadly dont tell you what kind of fish you are seeing
could be fish that dont eat the kind of bait you are showing them
Jun 15, 2020 14:28:50 #
jfbanzai
Loc: Menomonie, Wisconsin
Howard wrote:
seeing a lot of fish on fishfinder. but can't get them to bite. tried different bait plus chumming. still wouldn't bite. help!
That's why it's called fishing and not catching.
Jun 15, 2020 14:53:53 #
plumbob wrote:
And when you think you have it figured out. Tomorrow will be different.
words of wisdom plum
Jun 15, 2020 15:05:24 #
badbobby wrote:
words of wisdom plum
More like pulling my hair out experience talking.
Jun 15, 2020 17:59:37 #
Come on,all you people know, Fish eat 2 times a day. Right before you get there, And right after you leave! 
Jun 15, 2020 18:41:20 #
Fredfish wrote:
Come on,all you people know, Fish eat 2 times a day. Right before you get there, And right after you leave!
I thought I was the only one who knew that
Jun 15, 2020 18:49:54 #
Fredfish wrote:
Come on,all you people know, Fish eat 2 times a day. Right before you get there, And right after you leave!
Fred you are a wise man. Taught me something tonight and will ponder that thought as i think of my next spot. How about that, 3 of us know now.
At least you shared, that bb guy is stingy. LOL bb
Jun 15, 2020 18:50:11 #
badbobby wrote:
fish finders sadly dont tell you what kind of fish you are seeing
could be fish that dont eat the kind of bait you are showing them
could be fish that dont eat the kind of bait you are showing them
Crappie is easy to tell on a fish finder, they show up on a vertical school, bottom feeders, not so much. Bass likes to suspend and travel in horizontal schools...….sometimes. Depending on the depth fish are at sometimes tells you what you need to throw. ex; Don't throw a top water at fish that are at 20 ft of water. We have lots of catfish, gar, and carp that show up on the screen, and some get very large. Good luck
Jun 15, 2020 19:13:32 #
Fredfish wrote:
Come on,all you people know, Fish eat 2 times a day. Right before you get there, And right after you leave!
Spot on Fred, 👍🏻👍🏻
Jun 15, 2020 19:45:19 #
Jun 15, 2020 19:50:43 #
Fredfish wrote:
And let us not forget the classic "You Shoulda Been Here Yesterday!" 
And if you come back tomorrow that's the spot you want to hit.
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